I'm
saying this to you because you've seen more of the world, I bet, than one
in a million, even though you're so young. I don't see why we can't come
together. I'm to be bought. I don't say that my price isn't high. You've
got your price, too. You wouldn't fuss yourself about things here in
Manitou and Lebanon, if there wasn't something you wanted to get. Tout
ca! Well, isn't it worth while making the bargain? You've got such gift
of speech that I'm just as if I'd been drugged, and all round, face,
figure, eyes, hair, foot, and girdle, you're worth giving up a lot for.
I've seen plenty of your sex, and I've heard crowds of them talk, but
they never had anything for me beyond the minute. You've got the real
thing. You're my fancy. You've been thinking and dreaming of Ingolby.
He's done. He's a back number. There's nothing he's done that isn't on
the tumble since last night. The financial gang that he downed are out
already against him. They'll have his economic blood. He made a splash
while he was at it, but the alligator's got him. It's 'Exit Ingolby,'
now."
She made a passionate gesture, and seemed about to speak, but he went on:
"No, don't say anything. I know how you feel. You've had your face turned
his way, and you can't look elsewhere all at once.
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